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The Oxford Handbook of German Politics
Few countries have caused or experienced more calamities in the 20th century than Germany. The country emerged from the Cold War as a newly united and sovereign state, eventually becoming Europe's indispensable partner for all major domestic and foreign policy initiatives. This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of some of the major issues of German domestic politics, economics, foreign policy, and culture by leading experts in their respective fields. This book serves primarily as a reference work on Germany for scholars and an interested public, but through this broader lens it also provides a magnifying glass of global developments which are challenging and transforming the modern state. The growing importance of Germany as a political actor and economic partner makes this endeavor all the more timely and pertinent from a German, European, and global perspective.
Pariahs or Partners?
In the past three decades, radical right parties had the opportunity to directly influence political developments from the highest public office in many post-communist Central and Eastern European countries. Oliver Kossack provides the first comprehensive study on government formation with radical right parties in this region. Even after the turn of the millennium, some distinct features of the post-communist context persist, such as coalitions between radical right and centre-left parties. In addition to original empirical insights, the time-sensitive approach of this study also advances the discussion about concepts and methodological approaches within the discipline.
Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary German Politics and Policy
Germany has undergone more change in the past two years than it has experienced in decades. In the fall of 2021, the Social Democratic Party unexpectedly surged to first place in the Bundestag elections, going on to lead a coalition of SPD, Greens, and Free Democrats that promised to “dare more progress” domestically. Then just two months after the new government was installed, Russia invaded Ukraine. The contributions in this volume investigate the altered state of German politics and predict the trajectory of Europe’s leading power in the transformed geopolitical environment.
Expertenkommissionen im politischen Prozess
Vorwort Faszinierend klingt der Gedanke: Weise Frauen und Männer mit breiter Erfahrung in allen Bereichen der Gesellschaft werden vom Bundeskanzler zusammengerufen, um gemeinsam die Antwort auf eine drängende politische Frage zu finden – und das jenseits von part- lichen Machtkämpfen und allein nach bestem Wissen und Gewissen, der guten Sache, dem Land, dem Gemeinwohl verpflichtet. Doch halt! Die Regierung weiß genau, wen sie beruft, um ein bestimmtes Ergebnis zu erzielen. Beschlüsse stehen schon vorher fest. Es ist alles nur politische Show. Das Parlament wird dadurch an den Rand gedrängt, während nic- gewählte, willkürlich bestimmte Einzelpersonen weit reichende Entscheidungen t...
Parliaments in the Modern World
A cross-national survey of how parliaments adapt to change
The Political System of Germany
The textbook introduces the self-understanding, institutional structure and practice of the political system of the Federal Republic of Germany. The work provides a problem-oriented overview of the basic constitutional and foreign policy decisions that have constituted German democracy; the political field of forces formed by interest groups, citizens' initiatives, parties and mass media; the political institutions at the federal, state and local levels; the social reach and administrative enforcement of political decisions; the political culture including the structure of the political ruling class. The new edition also addresses, among other things, the consequences of the Corona crisis for the political system, the changing party system and the crisis of the EU after the 2021 federal election.
Economic Efficiency-democratic Empowerment
Germany and Britain are two major European economies that have been trying to confront the challenges of globalisation in very different ways. Britain has favoured market liberal strategies; Germany has endeavoured to retain its tradition of consensualism and the strong welfare state. Focusing on the period since 1997/8, this book explores the controversies and struggles surrounding the agendas of social, economic, and political modernisation in the two countries. The New Labour governments in Britain and the Social Democratic coalition governments in Germany have been introducing a range of reform policies designed to reform the welfare state and increase the respective country's competitiv...
Political Representation in France and Germany
Notwithstanding its contemporary critics, political representation remains at the core of democratic politics. Based on a comparative research project that gathered data from observations, surveys, experiments and expert interviews, this book examines the process and the quality of political representation in France and Germany from a dual perspective. First, it analyzes MPs’ behavior during their district activities. Second, it investigates the perceptions and evaluations of the represented, the French and German citizens. In ten chapters different facets of MPs’ activities as well as citizens’ attitudes are comparatively investigated. The book is relevant for Politics scholars and practitioners at national parliaments to better understand representative democracies, and it may also contribute to improve representation itself.
Die parlamentarische Kontrolle der Bundesregierung
Rhythmus, Richtung und Resultate von gesamtgesellschaftlichen wie individuellen Veranderungen werden wesentlich durch die Dialektik von Macht und Widerstand diktiert. Macht kann brachial sein, Widerstand auch. Macht kann aber auch in der Macht von Ideen liegen, in ihrer Durchsetzbarkeit und allgemeinen Akzeptanz. Sie kann legitim sein und damit Herr schaft begrlinden, formell oder informell sein, faktisch oder nur normativ. Sie provoziert mit ihren variablen Auspragungen, Inten sitaten und Techniken auch unterschiedliche Auspragungen, Intensi taten und Techniken von Widerstand. Beide, Macht und Widerstand, sind universell. Ihre Dialektik ist eine Invarianz aller histo rischen Gesellschaften....
Parteiendemokratien
Etablierte Parteien haben in den Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Union zuletzt an Rückhalt durch die Bevölkerung verloren. Die Parteiendemokratien selber werden jedoch nicht signifikant infrage gestellt. Dies drängt die Frage auf, warum politische Parteien Funktionen wahrnehmen können, die einen maßgeblichen Beitrag zur demokratischen Legitimation staatlicher Herrschaftsausübung leisten. Die Komplexität dieser Frage erfordert eine interdisziplinäre Vorgehensweise: Nach den philosophischen Grundlagen von Legitimation ist ihren historischen Konzeptionen nachzugehen. Hierauf bauen die normativen Verankerungen der heutigen Parteiendemokratien auf, die durch politikwissenschaftlich begleitete Debatten Nuancierungen erfuhren. Dabei entwickelten sich die nationalen Parteiendemokratien in der EU nicht isoliert voneinander – ihre Eignung zur Lösung des Legitimationsproblems muss stets aus europäischer Perspektive analysiert werden. Indem die vorliegende Studie die Parteiendemokratien aller derzeit 28 EU-Mitglieder untersucht, sollen ihre institutionellen Voraussetzungen und Funktionsbedingungen zur Vermittlung von Legitimation identifiziert werden.
